In December I bought many polishes, got many polishes and gave away many polishes. A package from Becky arrived, I grabbed OPI Morning, Moneypenny at reduced price, I took advantage of Jelena's nail polish sale and got three Essie polishes, got three Golden Rose Jolly Jewels polishes, I swapped some of my old polishes for polishes other members of my favourite forum didn't want any more and I bought some polishes just because they were cheap, along with some decorations for nails. They won't go to waste.

I have coveted this polish from the first moment I saw it at Candy Glaze blog. Since it didn't arrive while the old importer was in charge and the new importer had decided not to import magnetic polishes at all (which is a big mistake, but not as big as their decision not to import BTGN Top Sealer), Shine Eye was kind enough to get me a bottle of it in Slovenia.

This Friday's theme is New Year's mani. Participants can choose whether they want to do a special nail art or they just want to apply the polish they'd wear on New Year's Eve. Since I change my polish every two-three days, I decided to do a festive mani for today, and to try one of the many untrieds for the New Year's Eve. If you don't know what to put on your nails for New Year's, Matea has a suggestion.

Package with goodies I won on Becky's (Naked Without Polish) giveaway arrived several days ago. I got two Rainbow Honey and two Twee & Honey polishes. I'd try one of them immediately if they hadn't arrived just before Themed Friday. This way I had to be patient and wait two days to apply the first one. My first pick was Rainbow Honey Mare of the Moon. Rainbow Honey polishes come in 7 and 15 ml bottles in lovely boxes, they don't contain toluene, DBP or formalin and are cruelty-free.

Since the polish I had applied is perfect for holidays mani, I took the opportunity to try the striping tape I bought at the cosmetics fair and to use some of the glitter I keep on buying and almost never use.

Fash'n Studio is one of the three Astor nail polish lines. These are minis (6 ml) in somewhat more interesting colours than polishes in other two lines. Even though the label on the bottle gives very little information, the website gives the colour palette and the list of ingredients. It is also stated on the website that it is applied evenly, that it has high colour and shine intensity and that it lasts up to 5 days.

This polish has been sitting with my untrieds for months now and, since I got several similar to it among them, I decided to use this one first. Sweet Color line of Golden Rose polishes has over 90 solid colours and crackle polishes too. Bottles are interesting i shape and contain 5.5 ml of polish. They cost about 0.5 €.

Nevermore is the third polish from OPI's Go Goth collection I got as a gift. According to the NL B61 code on the bottom of the bottle, this is just a renamed Ink. Ink is part of core line of OPI polishes, so full-size bottles can be found at your local retailers.

Lori Anne is an American brand of nail polish that was sold with other cheap brands on open market stalls and small private perfume shops. I used to have about a dozen of these polishes, mostly the glitter toppers. I have no idea if and where they can be bought now. Someone on MUA said they found them in dollar store. These polishes contain toluene, formaldehyde resin, dibutil phtalate and camphor.

I dug Warming Trend, along with Golden Girl out of a heap of sheer, pale, white, beige and pink Color Club polish leftovers at former importer's store. This one was part of Snow Queen winter collection from several years ago. Color Club polishes are 3-free and don't contain formaldehyde, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP) and Toluene. They are not being tested on animals. They also don't contain animal products so they are vegan-friendly.

Gunmetal is one of six polishes from Urban Decay Holiday 2011 Nail Kit, and before that it was released in Apocalyptic Nail Kit for holidays 2009. It is no longer available in stores or on their website. Urban Decay polishes aren't tested on animals, they don't contain toluene, DBP or formaldehyde and that there aren't full-sized or individually sold polishes, only LE sets of 6 minis (5 ml).

I don't think I'd pay any attention to this polish if it weren't for a discount on Lycra Pro polishes at DM stores. I don't buy these polishes often because I find them to be too expensive considering the amount of polish and the choice of colour. Rimmel Lycra Pro polishes have wide, flat brush with rounded tip that made the application very easy. They come in 12 ml bottles.

Kiko 706 Verdone/Deep Green is green magnetic polish my BFF brought me from her trip to Spain. She picked this colour herself and I can say she hit the mark. It is a bit mossy green that shows very dark, almost black, green after magnet is applied. I'm not satisfied with the application of the polish. First coat was thick and very pigmented, but the brush dragged polish and left bald spots. It took it a while to dry. I applied a second coat in order to use magnet. I used concentric circles design from China Glaze Magnetix II magnet. Since this time my nails are shorter than they were the last time I used this magnet, the pattern turned out very well considering the curvature of my nails.

I didn't buy much in November - six polishes, cuticle oil and more nail wheels, and glitter was a gift. The fact that I spent almost two weeks ill at home has something to do with it, but more importantly, I got almost all polishes I really wanted. I either didn't have enough money for the rest or they are from the collection that aren't (yet) available in Serbia. I hope I'll get some of those polishes in December. Today I received an e-mail from Becky (Naked Without Polish) telling me I won one of prizes on her giveaway, so I'm expecting that to arrive in December or January. In case you haven't noticed, I added a page tab for internationally open nail polish giveaways and contests. If I've missed some that you know of, do inform me. I'll be glad to add it.